1/32 Monogram Chevy Bison Flat Bed Hauler

[Pete68]

I bought this kit off EBay about 2 yrs ago and this kit brings back a lot of memories to me. I think it was Christmas of 1979 Mom and Dad got this kit for me and my brother Bill got me the GMC General the same Christmas  I have a pic of them some where that my mom took of them when I finished them. They were my first model trucks.That was 40yrs ago so I thought I would build one for the Anniversary of this first model truck I got. I will be adding some spoke wheels and a tarp and a headache rack to this build. Hope you will follow along.

[Pete68]

I got it painted and decaled it this evening 

[Pete68]

Got the frame, interior, air cleaner and luber finer painted today next up will be the wheels 

Edited December 25, 2019 by Pete68

[Vince66]

This is going to be good. 

Popcorn and beverage out and watching 

[Pete68]

Tonight I painted the wheels and tanks. Tanks were painted a brush Aluminum and I also did a quick mock up 

Edited December 27, 2019 by Pete68

[Bennyg]

Looking good.

Ben

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Man that looks good! I may have to change scales! The spoke wheels were the right choice for sure!

[Pete68]

Thanks Brian I’ve always wanted to put a set of spokes on one of these Bisons/Generals and these 1/32 scale trucks are nice 

[Vince66]

Looking good there Pete

[Pete68]

Thanks Vince hope I can get this done soon 

[Pete68]

Work a little more on this morning.

Added a decal to the Air Cleaner and installed 

Black Washed the grill the chrome is coming off so I will redoing that 

Finished the Interior and added the Glass mounted it into the cab  

Next I will be adding the Cab Lights, Air Horns and putting the Cab/Sleeper on the frame after I added the Tool Box

 

Edited January 5, 2020 by Pete68

[tbill]

I may have to rethink these smaller scale rigs, that’s just too cool!

[Vince66]

Agreed turning out nicely Pete 

[Pete68]

While having my 1/32 scale out I ran across this build from 2019. So I decide to build on it and maybe finish this one too. Last night I added the Cab lights, Horns, Tarp, Luberfiner  and mounted the Cab/Sleeper to the frame. Today I made some bracelets for the toolbox and filed the bumper down thinner and de-chromed it. 

[Rockford]

I'm glad you remembered this! Looks great. Couple of questions, do you recall where did the wheels come from? I'm assuming you must have cut the centres out of the tyres to get the wheels in. 

Good call on the bumper too, kit piece is far too deep. 

[Pete68]

1 hour ago, Rockford said:

I'm glad you remembered this! Looks great. Couple of questions, do you recall where did the wheels come from? I'm assuming you must have cut the centres out of the tyres to get the wheels in. 

Good call on the bumper too, kit piece is far too deep. 

Thanks me too. I got the wheels from the AMT Volvo N10. Hope to finish this one tomorrow or tonight 

[Pete68]

Before calling it quits for the day I added some license plate decals to the bumper and Company decals to the tanks and a stripe to the Luberfiner 

[Rockford]

This looks absolutely great. The wheels make all the difference. Really looking forward to seeing the finished result.  

[Pete68]

15 hours ago, Rockford said:

This looks absolutely great. The wheels make all the difference. Really looking forward to seeing the finished result.  

Thanks for the complement going to make some stacks for it and do some work on the headache rack then I’m calling it done 

[Pete68]

Finally got a little done on this one. I painted the lights on the headache rack and added it the other night. Hood to get this one done soon. 

 

Edited November 21, 2024 by Pete68

[BK9300]

Really clean build, Lee - you give all these trucks extra detailing and it shows well!

[Pete68]

1 hour ago, BK9300 said:

Really clean build, Lee - you give all these trucks extra detailing and it shows well!

Thanks for the nice complement I appreciate it. I know I don’t go all out with Extreme details on these mostly box stock that’s the way I enjoy building them and I’m glad you like them. 

[Biggu]

The rims and headache rack make this into a solid work truck …… a great match that pulls it all together. Looks great!!

Edited November 21, 2024 by Biggu

[Pete68]

9 minutes ago, Biggu said:

The rims and headache rack make this into a solid work truck …… a great march that pulls it all together. Looks great!!

Thanks Jeff I appreciate it. That was my direction for this build. Here’s a little teaser. Hope I get that Blue one under glass next week. 

[Jürgen M.]

Nice collection there and great work in the Bison! Looks like a big one!